Canada Russia '72
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| Written by | Barrie Dunn Malcolm MacRury |
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| Directed by | T. W. Peacocke |
| Starring |
Booth Savage Judah Katz Mark Owen Sonia Laplante David Berni Gabriel Hogan Mike Dopud Sebastien Roberts Louis Philippe Dandenault Jeff Roop Hugh Thompson David Alexander Miller Gerry Dee Chris Szarka John Bregar Yuriy Sobeshchakov Daniel Matmor Walter Learning |
| Country of origin | Canada |
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| Producer(s) |
Timothy M. Hogan (executive) Barrie Dunn Rick LeGuerrier Michael Volpe |
| Running time | 180 minutes (2 parts) |
| Distributor |
CBC Maple Pictures |
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| Original network | CBC |
| Original release | April 9 – April 10, 2006 |
Canada Russia '72 is a 2006 Canadian documentary-style miniseries about the 1972 Summit Series. The two-part miniseries was directed by T. W. Peacocke and written by Barrie Dunn and Malcolm MacRury. Canada Russia '72 first aired on consecutive nights on CBC between April 9 and 10, 2006.
The miniseries begins in medias res on September 8, 1972, as Team Canada takes the ice for Game 4 of the series in Vancouver. The team is shocked from the boos they receive from their home crowd and the cheers for the Soviet team. The film then cuts back five months earlier to April 1972 with Alan Eagleson meeting with Gabrielle Fournier, an official with External Affairs Canada, and the heads of the Soviet (headed by Alexander Gresko) and Canadian hockey programmes (headed by Joe Kryczka and Charles Hay) in Prague, Czechoslovakia. They iron out the deal for an eight-game hockey series between the USSR and a team compiled of the best Canadian NHLers.
Eagleson travels to Rochester to seek out former Boston Bruins coach Harry Sinden and convinces Sinden to coach the team. Sinden's interview with the Hockey Canada brass does not go well because of Joe Kryczka's doubt of his capabilities and disagreement over wanting John Ferguson as an assistant coach, but Eagleson convinces them to hire Sinden, claiming he's the coach the players want. Sinden, Eagleson, and Ferguson then pick out the Canadian uniforms. Sinden comes up with the name "Team Canada". Sinden announces the roster of Team Canada in July at a press conference in Toronto. The roster includes notable players Phil Esposito, Paul Henderson, Ken Dryden, Vic Hadfield, Rod Gilbert, Bobby Clarke, Gary Bergman, Frank and Peter Mahovlich.
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